Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Every fourth Wednesday of the month, the “VIP Access” column will serve up advice on how to make your theater-going experiences cheaper, easier and more fulfilling with inside scoop from…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:37AMTuesday, August 21, 2012
Mikhail Baryshnikov and Liza Minnelli will be together again on September 5 when the Oscar-winning actress presents the dance icon with an Ambassador for the Arts Award at the NYC Dance Alli…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 07:26AMWednesday, August 15, 2012
Every third Wednesday, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer will fill out my nosey little questionnaire and offer a glimpse of what they look like from a bit closer than the mezzanine. For August,…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:02AMTuesday, August 14, 2012
The 2012 New Works Festival at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto is in full swing and that means: An eclectic collection of writers, directors and actors are busily rehearsing, performing and rewrit…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:48AMWednesday, August 8, 2012
You’ve heard of An Actor’s Nightmare? Well, Jenny Bacon is living an actor’s dream. An accomplished veteran of stage and screen with a resume that includes some of the grea…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:17AMMonday, August 6, 2012
Anyone who knows me, knows that I wanted to make a silly, smutty double entrende in the title of this post with every bone in my body. I love double entendres. I have since I was a small chi…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:10AMWednesday, August 1, 2012
BRING IT ON “Inspired” by the fabulously fizzy Kirsten Dunst film, rival cheering squads square off in a musical written by some of the biggest new school talent in the business,…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:18PMEvery first Wednesday of the month, get caught up with what’s on stage with our review round-up. And that vaguely hollow, clinking sound you hear at the end of each segment? That’s me to…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:14AMTuesday, July 31, 2012
Sun, sand and soutenu. That’s the enticing combo served up at last week’s Fire Island Dance Festival, the annual fundraiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS via the amazing …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:31AMMonday, July 30, 2012
Where do you go when you’ve just divorced your mega-star husband in a very public surprise split? Disneyland? If you’re Katie Holmes, you’re going to Broadway. This fall, s…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:16AMFriday, July 27, 2012
In honor of the Olympic games, this week’s theater news wrap-up will be extra speedy (with, I hope, bonus points for style). On your mark, get set, GO… Something wicked (and wick…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:34AMThursday, July 26, 2012
It would seem that there’s a new cast of the long-running, Abba-tastic musical Mamma Mia and a video has surfaced showing behind-the-scenes of a recent publicity photo shoot. Now, nor…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:01PMWednesday, July 25, 2012
Every fourth Wednesday of the month, the “VIP Access” column will serve up advice on how to make your theater-going experiences cheaper, easier and more fulfilling with inside scoop from…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:06AMMonday, July 23, 2012
“Belting (or vocal belting) is a specific technique of singing by which a singer produces a loud sound in the upper middle of the pitch range.” Wikipedia Sure, that’s t…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:04PMThursday, July 19, 2012
We’re continuing our special double header, taking a look at the boys of summer — summer theater, of course. After tumbling head over heals for yesterday’s buff, todayR…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 07:53AMWednesday, July 18, 2012
Every third Wednesday, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer will fill out my nosey little questionnaire and offer a glimpse of what they look like from a bit closer than the mezzanine. For July, w…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:12AMTuesday, July 17, 2012
Just because we’re in the summer slump, it doesn’t mean there’s no news to round-up. Here’s some tasty tidbits from the world of theater… Up-and-coming composin…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:51AMMonday, July 16, 2012
Oscar-winning actress Celeste Holm passed away yesterday at her home in New York City. Perhaps best known for her supporting performances in classic films such as All About Eve (alone worth…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:03AMThursday, July 12, 2012
Singin’ in the Rain is joy distilled, like 100 proof Hollywood moonshine. And tonight, for one night only, THE movie musical is back on the big screen where it belongs. In hono…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:08AMWednesday, July 11, 2012
Once a month, a member of the theater community will pull up a chair to our cyber table and join us for a little conversation. I’ll edit the transcripts (removing the truly libelous parts)…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:40AMThursday, July 5, 2012
Who said summer school is a bad thing? We’re continuing our look at how theater is actually created, with the amazing artists at London’s National Theatre as our guides. The play…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:55AMTuesday, July 3, 2012
The musical 1776 has the best non-musical moment in a musical. Ever. Gauntlet thrown. I don’t say this because it’s the day before the Fourth of July (though it did make me thin…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:52AMMonday, July 2, 2012
Producers announced that Alec Baldwin (30 Rock and newlywed) will be returning to the New York stage this season in the first Broadway production of Lyle Kessler’s acclaimed drama Orph…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:12AMWednesday, June 27, 2012
Every fourth Wednesday of the month, the “VIP Access” column will serve up advice on how to make your theater-going experiences cheaper, easier and more fulfilling with inside scoop from…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:26PMTuesday, June 26, 2012
It’s officially summer. And you know what that means. Bowling in the arcade. Drinking lemonade. Making out under the dock. Staying out ’till ten o’clock. If you don’t…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:18AMMonday, June 25, 2012
Richard Adler, the co-writer of two undeniably classic Broadway musicals, The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, died last week at the age of 90. The New York Times has a comprehensive obituary…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:00AMFriday, June 22, 2012
Remember the days when people debated whether Madonna or Cyndi Lauper would be the one album wonder? No? I must be old. In any case, both have survived, though with Lauper taking a more circ…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:55PMThe Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Two religious-themed shows will be moving on to their heavenly reward in the usual post-Tony summer slump. Sister Act, adapted from the film about a…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:52PMWednesday, June 20, 2012
Every third Wednesday, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer will fill out my nosey little questionnaire and offer a glimpse of what they look like from a bit closer than the mezzanine. For June, w…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:41AMTuesday, June 19, 2012
We tapped actor Andrew Glaszek to give us a personal report (talk about going undercover or, in this case, under covered as a performer in the show) from Sunday night’s Broadway Bares …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:47PMFriday, June 15, 2012
Jonesing for more star power after getting a taste of glamour at the Tonys? Need a fame injection to get you through withdrawal? Well, this week’s theater news wrap-up is glittering wi…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:40AM 
